{"product_id":"the-sandman-and-other-weird-tales","title":"The Sandman And Other Weird Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree uncanny tales from a master of macabre fantasy whose work inspired Kafka and Poe, translated by J.T. Bealby and Thomas Carlyle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of three uncanny tales highlights the best of a 19th-century German author who is seen by many as the father of modern sci-fi and fantasy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \"The Sandman\", young Nathanael grows up terrified of a legendary figure who will steal his eyes if he's caught out of bed at night - but it's only when Nathanael has grown to adulthood, seemingly settled and happy, that the full, terrifying truth unfolds. A living doll, a series of doppelgangers, and the seeds of madness combine in this classic story of self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Cremona Violin\" also deals with obsession and thwarted desire, this time between an overbearing father and a musically talented daughter who may die of heart failure if she unleashes the full power of her extraordinary voice. Suppressed passion and possessive control prove a fatal mix in this powerful and claustrophobic story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Golden Pot\", meanwhile, is a novella-length tale which Hoffmann believed was his masterpiece. Disturbing, exciting and dream-like, it introduces us to the bumbling Anselmus, whose romantic tribulations are complicated by a witch's curse and the fact that he's in love with a girl who also happens to be a snake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Pushkin Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 208\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 10: 1805680668\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 13: 9781805680666\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"E.T.A. Hoffmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53817162694922,"sku":null,"price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781805680666.jpg?v=1790411156","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-sandman-and-other-weird-tales","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}